Enlarge / A Ghost, but IRL. (credit: Amazon)
From the Power Glove to Fallout 4‘s real-life Pip Boy, gamers have been pitched a lot of ridiculous hardware over the years. The Destiny 2 Ghost Alexa speaker and accompanying Alexa skill are no less ridiculous.
The skill, which also works on other Alexa-enabled speakers, allows Destiny 2 players to ask questions like, “Who are the Red Legion,” or “What should I do next?” and get answers back in the same voice they hear in the game. Amazon and game publisher Activision claim there are more than 1,000 lines to hear. Listed functions include telling you more about the game’s lore, identifying your next activity, changing your equipped gear, or inviting other players to group with you. As far as we’re aware, it’s the first Alexa skill to connect directly into an online game.
When Ars’ Sam Machkovech tried the skill out, he wasn’t impressed. For example, many query responses just cycle through several pre-canned messages, and the only gear management command that he discovered was, “Alexa, ask Ghost to equip my best weapon.” It’s entirely a gimmick, but would you have expected anything better? Also, sadly for those (very, very) few of us who preferred Peter Dinklage’s performance as Ghost over Nolan North’s, only North’s voice is available. Most players will be quite happy to see Dinklage is not involved, though.
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